Editing Elevator Action (section)

== Release ==
During the game's test phase in North America, Mike Von Kennel, marketing manager of Taito America, called the game a "top test piece" and held high expectations.<ref name=":6" /> It was released in Japan in June 1983,<ref name="Copyright">{{cite web |title=Elevator Action (Registration Number PA0000181621) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971–2005) | trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) | last1=Akagi | first1=Masumi | publisher=Amusement News Agency | year=2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n43/mode/2up?view=theater| lang=ja | location=Japan | isbn=978-4990251215 | page=43}}</ref> and in North America during July of the same year.<ref name="CB">{{cite magazine |title=Manufacturers Equipment |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=February 2, 1985 |page=42 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-02-02.pdf#page=42}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n43/mode/1up|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement News Agency]]|year=2006|isbn=978-4990251215|edition=1st|pages=42, 136|language=ja}}</ref> In North America, while also sold as a dedicated cabinet, it was Taito's first game to be sold as a conversion kit in that territory.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|date=18 February 1984|title=On The Cover|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox46unse_3/page/n1/mode/2up|journal=Cash Box|publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.|pages=3}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|date=13 August 1983|title=Around The Route|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox45unse_9/page/30/mode/2up|journal=Cash Box|publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.|pages=31}}</ref> It was available in Europe by January 1984.<ref name="CVG"/>